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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Jiquilillo in Nicaragua

Posted by admin on September 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 12.4695S, -87.7602WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Jiquilillo in Nicaragua. Event id: us7000bp1y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000bp1y. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -87.7602 West, latitude 12.4695 North, depth = 50.72 km. The temblor was detected at 18:14:10 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.72 km (32 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/20 / 2020-09-16 18:14:10 / September 16, 2020 @ 6:14 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from León (c. 144 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Chinandega (c. 126 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from El Viejo (c. 53 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Chichigalpa (c. 33 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from La Unión (c. 26 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Corinto (c. 19 200 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Telica (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Nicaragua (c. 5 996 000 pop), El Salvador (c. 6 052 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Telica, La Unión, León.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -87.7602° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.4695° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km SW of Jiquilillo, Nicaragua Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-16 18:14:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-17 18:04:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.756 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000bp1y Id of event.
Event Code 7000bp1y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bp1y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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